One-way traffic

The final move of the Dragon Spirit, Roar, which should have been unleashed at that moment, simply dissipated into the air and remained in place.

'nightmare'

My last conscious thought faded away.

The dragon conveyed this idea to its entire race.

"A white...nightmare..."

The longan's brilliance completely faded; it no longer had the strength to put up even the slightest resistance.

The dragon's body transformed into the hardest corpse in the world and fell into the ground.

—And in that canyon, which is about several hundred meters, several thousand meters long.

Countless dragon spirit corpses and the remains of the goblin fleet are left here forever.

Start here.

The white nightmare, which brings devastating despair to this world, has officially arrived.

Chapter 556 - You're courting death

"Rick!"

Ke'er quickly took her older sister, Nona, who had fainted from fright, from her arms.

Rick crawled out of the cave, and the girl named Shubi immediately pulled him out as well.

"Are you alright... Rick...?"

“I’m fine, Shubi… and the destruction of the settlement has stopped.”

"stop…?"

This time, not only was Hughie confused, but everyone else was also puzzled.

There were approximately two thousand people present.

This number is no different from the number of settlements before they were destroyed by the aftermath of the battle between the goblins and dragons.

In other words.

"...I just managed to go back and observe through the binoculars, and it seems that, for some reason, the fighting between the two races has stopped."

Nowadays, settlements are no longer subject to that level of destruction.

The settlement itself wasn't damaged much, so there's no problem going back to live there now.

"This, this means—!"

"…Yes."

Rick took a deep breath and said directly.

"Everyone in the settlement survived; no one died."

"Moreover, the settlement was perfectly preserved, escaping the destruction caused by those guys..."

The moment those words were spoken, everyone around them erupted in cheers.

"That's amazing!!!"

"We survived, and that's not all..."

"The settlement was preserved, and no one died in the fighting...!"

"That's great...! Really, that's really great!!"

Just how long has it been since we've seen this sight?

The people in the settlement cheered and embraced each other. Some wept with joy at surviving, while others were overjoyed that their loved ones were still alive.

no matter what.

Everyone in the community cherishes this and appreciates how difficult it is to achieve.

"That's great...that's great! Rick—!"

His older sister was also extremely happy about this.

Overwhelmed with excitement, Ke'er couldn't help but run towards him, seemingly wanting to hug him tightly.

—Bang.

Then, a sound came from the rear entrance.

"Ke'er—!!!"

Rick stared wide-eyed in his sister's direction and shouted out.

Above her head was an enormous rock.

"what…!!"

Ke'er's pupils contracted in surprise, as if she hadn't even realized what was happening.

I don't know why, but it's most likely a secondary phenomenon caused by the aftershocks of the recent battle.

The boulder was already hurtling down towards Ke'er.

There was no time to avoid her; the girl stood there, stunned.

Followed by.

—A sudden figure appeared and kicked the rock away.

Boom! The rock shattered in the air in the distance, without harming anyone.

Everyone was stunned.

Everything happened as suddenly as a fantasy story, and ended in an equally bizarre way.

Everyone looked toward the spot where the figure had appeared.

"who…?"

However, everyone only saw one side of the story.

The figure falling from mid-air is humanoid.

White hair, and red eyes that reflect light like pigeon blood.

"what…!!"

He looked at the other person in shock and quickly tried to say something.

But in the next instant, the white-haired, red-eyed man with his hands in his pockets flew out of the settlement like a rocket.

Without looking back, he left at a speed that no one could keep up with or detect.

"Who...who was that person just now?!"

"Is he a Skywing...? But... but I didn't see the Skywing's signature magic circle above his head..."

"Could it be a goblin? But I can't quite place the skin color. Or perhaps... a forest elf?"

The residents of the settlement couldn't help but speculate about all sorts of ideas.

But—only Rick himself knew very well that it was absolutely impossible.

“Rick…”

The goblins have very dark skin, and the forest elves couldn't possibly be here, and the winged creatures' characteristics are nowhere to be seen.

“Rick…”

No, in the end, if they really were those monsters, they would never be able to protect the safety of humans.

“Richard…!”

Only then did Hugh's voice bring her back to reality.

Rick blinked sharply and saw that Shubi was staring at him with an incredulous expression.

Shock.

"Shubi... what's wrong?"

She bit her lip, looking at herself as if in disbelief.

"Just now...Shubi analyzed...that person's characteristics..."

"..."

"The data shows... he is human..."

The two spoke in hushed tones, so that no one but Rick could hear them.

despite this.

After hearing what Hugh said, Rick still took a step back as if he had almost fallen.

"It's fake... right?"

"The opponent didn't use any spirit energy... and everything they just did... wasn't the effect of spirit energy either..."

In other words, whether he kicked the rock away or flew out of the area like a hurricane, the white-haired, red-eyed man did not use any kind of elven or magical effects.

For a moment, Rick felt like his head had turned to mush.

Despite usually maintaining a clear mind and head, he was completely at a loss at this moment.

"Then who exactly is he?"

"Shubi...I don't know..."

Hughie stared at the spot where the other person had left, blinking in surprise.

"All Shubi knows is... he's human..."

then.

This second answer once again overturned Rick's values ​​about the world.

——————————————————————————————————————————

In a place almost on the other side of the world, a battle continues.

boom! ! !

The earth and sky cracked, followed by the gradually rising temperature.

Then, the air, which was thousands of degrees hot, was frozen by the icy cold air.

"Meow hahaha!! Funny, this is so funny!!"

Azriel looked down with a maniacal smile.

The fire attacks she created with countless elves were all blocked by the figure below.

more importantly.

"The power source used is not a spirit at all, huh? What's going on, meow? This is something I've never seen before!"

"..."

"And it's already impossible for humans to fly here, meow, yet they can still fight me to this extent? That's amazing, meow!"

That doesn't seem like treating someone as an equal.

In reality, it felt like a passerby seeing a talking ant.

Indeed, to Azriel, Hatsune Miku's existence was like that of a talking ant.

In this world, human beings seem to have a very low status.

At least, this can be analyzed through these few minutes of fighting with the girl in front of him.

"So, since it's a dancing monkey, it must be quite valuable, right?"

Followed by.

A purplish-black halo burst forth from Azriel's palm.

It was a deathly glow, enveloped in a heat as intense as lava.

"Let's hope you can hold on a little longer, meow~"